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Does the Bible have a Purpose?
What is the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament? Did things go wrong and break in the Old Testament and God had to come, in Jesus, and fix that? Or is the Old Testament plan A and the New Testament is the consummation of plan A? Was the fall – Adam and Eve's big goof – in the Garden wrong? It was clearly wrong – but did it catch God with his guard down? Was it unexpected? Did He not plan for that? Or was that the original purpose from before the foundations of the earth? How does the New Testament address that issue?
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Is God Righteous?
Is God righteous? Is God just? Does God reward righteousness and punish wickedness? Does God reward righteousness and punish wickedness? I think when we get involved in the pains of life and things do not go in life as we think they should this becomes one of the fundamental questions that the Christian has to answer.
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View All Things in the Light of Eternity (Psalm 39)
If you knew you would die at the end of this month, would you live differently? There are always things of secondary importance that we have to deal with, but if we knew we were going to die soon, perhaps tonight, what would we do differently? What do you want the people standing around your grave to say, and how does that image effect how you live today?
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Bible Survey, A Big Screen Perspective
Would you like to learn about the structure of your Bible and develop the skills necessary to manage the Bible’s content, purposes, and applications throughout your life? Would you like to be better equipped to share your faith with others? Dr. Bert Down's Bible Survey is a 10 session, free online Bible class that will give you a broad survey of the Old Testament and New Testament.
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September 4, 2013
Wisdom and Sex: Proverbs 5:1-23
Some time ago the CNN website featured a woman who lived a promiscuous lifestyle for many years. She had many illicit relationships over the years and reflected on them at 40 years of age. It is clear in the article that the woman who wrote the article isn’t a Christian. She doesn’t fully understand what God teaches about sexual purity. But we see in her words that one can’t violate God’s ways without consequences. The image of God is etched in us, and we can’t escape God’s world.
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